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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Peter Berdelle-Hilge, Constance, DE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/46 (2006.01); B65G 47/38 (2006.01); B07C 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/082 (2013.01); B07C 3/02 (2013.01); B65G 47/38 (2013.01); B65G 47/46 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for sorting objects includes an input conveyor device with a plurality of input storage devices, which are movable in an input conveying direction. A loading station loads each input storage device with one object. An output conveyor device has a plurality of output storage devices, which are movable in an output conveying direction. A sorting end point discharges the objects. A first transfer region, in which the input conveyor device and the output conveyor device are arranged, allows objects to be transferred from the input storage devices into the output storage devices. A second transfer region, separate from the first transfer region, in which the output conveyor device and the sorting end point are arranged transfers objects from the output storage devices to the sorting end point. An additional sorting end point in the second transfer region enables more flexibly operation of the sorting device.


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